Netanyahu Can’t Walk Back His Election Rhetoric When new Israeli elections were announced in December 2014, Benjamin Netanyahu was confident of victory. The campaign proved to be a very rocky road, but in the end, he and his Likud party survived a significant scare from Isaac Herzog’s Zionist Union—and against the predictions of all pre-election polling, Netanyahu secured a … [Read more...] about Netanyahu Can’t Walk Back His Election Rhetoric
How to block a bad deal with Iran (Guest Voice)
How to block a bad deal with Iran by Michael Gerson Washington Post Writers Group Columnist WASHINGTON -- It is the common temptation of Republicans and Democrats to support a strong executive when it does things they like, and to condemn it when it does things they don't. There is, however, a group of committed institutionalists that has gathered around the Bipartisan … [Read more...] about How to block a bad deal with Iran (Guest Voice)
Cartoon: Campaign Sktetchbook – Ted Cruz Declares
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Campaign Sktetchbook – Ted Cruz Declares
The Morality Police
[icopyright one button toolbar] In Saudi Arabia, the Mutaween are 3,500 public officials and thousands of volunteers who work for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. They are responsible for enforcing strict religious laws. Among the many laws are those that require all women to wear head scarves and black gowns when in public. The … [Read more...] about The Morality Police
Donald Trump Goes Birther on Ted Cruz: “You’re Supposed to be Born in This Country”
[icopyright one button toolbar] Donald Trump goes all birther on Canadian-born GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Trump said Cruz has "an additional hurdle" to overcome and that "you're supposed to be born in this country" to run for president. Um, he wasted no time.... The reality television host, real estate magnate, and serial almost-presidential candidate who … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Goes Birther on Ted Cruz: “You’re Supposed to be Born in This Country”
Berlin Must Reveal U.S. ‘Blackmail’ Over Snowden Asylum (La Jornada, Mexico)
[icopyright one button toolbar] Over the weekend it was reported that German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, when pressed by journalist Glenn Greenwald as to why Germany didn't offer Edward Snowden political asylum, replied that Washington, 'told us they would stop notifying us of plots and other intelligence matters.' This editorial from Mexico's La Jornada implores Germany … [Read more...] about Berlin Must Reveal U.S. ‘Blackmail’ Over Snowden Asylum (La Jornada, Mexico)
Resuscitating Benghazi
[icopyright one button toolbar] While Republicans and other Clinton haters may be able to milk “E-Mail Gate” for a little while longer, the Benghazi-Gate folks may not be able to make much more political hay out of some 300 e-mails from Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail account that were recently turned over to the “permanent” Republican-controlled House Committee rummaging … [Read more...] about Resuscitating Benghazi
SciFi Weekend: Arrow; The Flash; The Americans; Community; Two SHIELDs; Victorian Sherlock; X-Files Closer To Returning; Sleepy Hollow Renewed; True Detective Hires Porn Stars
[icopyright one button toolbar] Arrow and The Flash returned on CW (now the leading genre network), along with the premiere of iZombie. We don't know all that much more about where they are heading with Ra's al Ghul's offer to Oliver other than it will be difficult to refuse. The big surprise of the episode was of the apparent appearance of Shado in the flashback. If this … [Read more...] about SciFi Weekend: Arrow; The Flash; The Americans; Community; Two SHIELDs; Victorian Sherlock; X-Files Closer To Returning; Sleepy Hollow Renewed; True Detective Hires Porn Stars
The Anarcho-GOP (Guest Voice)
The Anarcho-GOP By Tina Dupuy It's no secret the GOP hates Attorney General Eric Holder. If you want to start a fight with your Fox News-o-phile uncle, just say, "The attorney general will not cast aspersions on my asparagus!" as Rep. Louie Gohmert famously did during a House Judiciary hearing on the Boston Bombings in 2013. This was after Holder told the Congressman he … [Read more...] about The Anarcho-GOP (Guest Voice)
Cartoon: Budget Fantasy
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Ted Cruz is in: And So It Begins
And So It Begins Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, formally announced his presidential bid around midnight, becoming the first major candidate to officially enter the field for the 2016 presidential elections. Cruz made the announcement on Twitter, and is set to announce the move in person at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Monday. I'm running for President and I hope… … [Read more...] about Ted Cruz is in: And So It Begins
The right’s word-deed problem
WASHINGTON -- Briefly, there seemed a chance we might have a cross-party discussion of the biggest economic problem the country faces: the vexing intersection of wage stagnation, declining social mobility and rising inequality. Even the most conservative Republicans were starting to talk about this challenge in rather urgent terms. In a moment whose irony he noted, Sen. … [Read more...] about The right’s word-deed problem
Zombeavers (Movie Review)
2/5 [icopyright one button toolbar] The treasured English film critic Mark Kermode often says that people who pick and choose the movies they want to see are not proper film critics. I say this with no great pleasure— if I am not a film critic after seeing a movie like Zombeavers, it’s time to throw in the towel and set sail for more radiant horizons. I’m almost at a … [Read more...] about Zombeavers (Movie Review)
Retire the death penalty: the case of Glenn Ford
[icopyright one button toolbar] In December 1984, a judge sentenced Glenn Ford to death for the November 5, 1983 death of a Shreveport, LA jeweler. In August 1988, Ford entered Angola's death row, the nation's largest maximum-security prison. On March 11, 2014, Ford walked out of the maximum security prison at Angola with an exoneration of his claims of innocence, after … [Read more...] about Retire the death penalty: the case of Glenn Ford
Report: Islamic State calls on backers to kill 100 U.S. military personnel
[icopyright one button toolbar] ISIS is urging its followers to help it expand its campaign of beheadings that it has conducted on such a big scale and with such brutality that it's become the 21st century incarnation of the Nazis. According to Reuters, the Islamic State is calling on its backers to kill 100 U.. military personnel but military official suggest the info ISIS … [Read more...] about Report: Islamic State calls on backers to kill 100 U.S. military personnel
What Does It Mean To Donate Your Body To Science?
You've heard the phrase, probably while you were half-watching some science show on PBS, but truth is you don't really know what it means to "donate your body to science." You suspect your cadaver would be used in an anatomy class at some med school somewhere, but the fact is your most intimate "donation" could just… … [Read more...] about What Does It Mean To Donate Your Body To Science?
Why we let the Kochs get away with it
[icopyright one button toolbar] Americans who remember democracy and the remnants of "fairness" in our economic system are upwards of mid-seventies now and even they don't remember actuality. What they're remembering is the memories that belonged to their parents and grandparents: the time when Americans actually stood up and fought the overbearing wealth of few during the … [Read more...] about Why we let the Kochs get away with it
PolitiFact Shows Facts On Health Care Reform, Debunking Republican Claims
[icopyright one button toolbar] PolitiFact has looked at the data available so far on the Affordable Care Act. They confirm what I've said in many posts on health care reform. ObamaCare is leading to more people being insured, lower costs, and a reduction in the deficit. The various Republican predictions of doom have failed to come about. The one area in which the law … [Read more...] about PolitiFact Shows Facts On Health Care Reform, Debunking Republican Claims
Sen. Ted Cruz to Announce 2016 Presidential Campaign from Liberty University
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will be the first Republican to launch a 2016 presidential campaign when he makes the announcement on Monday at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Yep, right out of the gates, he's aligning himelf with religious fanatics. The first-term senator from Texas will announce that he's running for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the … [Read more...] about Sen. Ted Cruz to Announce 2016 Presidential Campaign from Liberty University
The Republicans’ Fight Club
Sometimes, late-night television writers have to scrounge for material. Other times, comedy falls right in their laps. For example, news reports that a 68-year-old Mitt Romney plans to climb into the ring with former boxing champ Evander Holyfield. It’s part of a May 15 card in Salt Lake City. And before you think Romney’s lost his… … [Read more...] about The Republicans’ Fight Club